Balarama

by Micha F. Lindemans

The Mahabharata relates that Vishnu pulled a white hair and a black hair from his head and these became Balarama and Krishna respectively. Balarama was white-skinned while Krishna was dark-skinned (represented iconographically by the color blue).

His consort is Revati and his sons are Nisatha and Ulmuka. His symbols are the plow and the mace.